private-law

These private-law applications of authority help to identify an analogous meaning of political authority in Roman public life.

AUTHORITY LEONARD KRIEGER 1968

Of course, I’m aware that her private-law experience was in trademark, not copyright, and that there’s a big difference.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Harry Reid Read: 2009

Moreover, before the 16th century, other systems of universal jurisdiction applied (essentially the Augustinian theory of Christian Empire, though by the 15th century these had become so attenuated in much of Western Europe that private-law regimes emerged (e.g.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Private Law and Order: Somali Pirate Edition 2009